leão

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See also: Leão and Leaõ

Portuguese

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leão (Panthera leo)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese leon (lion), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin leōnem, accusative singular of leō (lion), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek λέων (léōn). Cognate with Galician león, Spanish león, Catalan lleó, Occitan leon, French lion, Italian leone and Romanian leu.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Portugal" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈljɐ̃w̃/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /le.ˈɐ̃w̃/
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Northeast Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /lɛ.ˈɐ̃w̃/, /ˈljɐ̃w̃/
  • Homophone: Leão
  • Hyphenation: le‧ão
  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃

Noun

leão m (plural leões, feminine leoa, feminine plural leoas)

  1. lion (mammal)
  2. (heraldry) lion

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Kabuverdianu: lion
  • Papiamentu: leon